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College News
VOL. XIII. No. 12.
BRYN MAWR (AND WAYNE). PA.. WEpNESDAY. JANUARY 12,1927
Prficl
10 CENTS
MILWAUKEE TREATS
MODERN PROBLEMS
Majority Favors Equality bi
Races, Supports Wars, but
Denies Capitalism. .
CYNICISM v IS VICIOUS
Seven hundred colleges and universi-
ties and fifty nationalities were repre-
sented at the N'ational Student Confer-
ence held in Milwaukee from December
28 to January 1. These four and one-
half days were the result of two years
planning on the part of the joint council
of the Y. M. and Y. W. C. A. and were
as full of interest and information as
they could possibly be The speakers,
men of national and international renown
�combined to make this conference one of
the most significant of its kind.
The theme for the entire time was
"What Resources lias Jesus for Life ;n
Our World." a subject which was devel-
oped from day to day by concentrating
on one particular phase or "Cycle."
" Modern Conditions Obstacles |o Faith.
The first Cycle was "Can God be V
<cessible to us. and How?" Dr. Reinhohi
Xiebuhr summed up the conditions of the
�modern world, and showed how they
stood in the way of faith. "Cynicism."
"he said, "is the true enemy of religion'
AVe are so taken up with the worship of
power, comfort, sex and nationalism, that
-we have little time for anything finer.
"'The price of belief in Cod is to detach
yourself as much as possible from the
type of civilization that this is. and sec-
it as a whole."
The other side of this question was
-presented by Dr. Henry Sloan Coffin,
who showed the similarity between our
-world and that qf Jesus, and how Jesus
overcame the barriers in the way of
religion by using the time honored means,
the church, the Bible, prayer, in new
�ways.
CONTINUED ON PAGE 4
RUSSIAN FOLK SONGS
THRILL TAYLOR AUDIENCE
Alwyne and Saslawsky Present
Varied Programme.
On Monday evening the second of the
.-series of Bryn Mawr concerts was held
in the chapel. Mr. Boris Saslawsky,
tar it one, and Mr. Horace Alwyne. pian-
ist, assisted by Mrs. Saslawsky. Mr.
Stopak, and Mr. Borodkin, gave us a
-very delightful evening. The pro-
gramme, though a Ihtle long, was espe-
cially interesting because h represented
the best of many schools of music.
The Bach Fantasie and Fugue, played
at. it was, revealed great mastery of
technique, although of the first group
we enjoyed most the Rhapsody in F. flat
l>oth for the composition itself and the
artist's touch and interpretation. The
German songs were all beautiful, but
Mr. Saslawsky was in his element when
lie sang five Russian FoTk Songs, each
one expressive of a different character-
istic Russian nyjod. The quiet beauty of
the Prayer:
"Give. me. O Lord, of thy blessings,
for I am yonng and fair; let my vibrant
voice rise to the hazy dome of the sky;
let it ring over the dewy soil and reach
all human 'kind.""
and the humorou6 merriment of the
"Merry Danube" were sung with a
genius for interpreting the Russian ex-
tremes of feeling. The same spirit and
brilliancy characterized the playing of
Mrs. Saslawsky, Mr. Stopak, and Mr.
Borodkin. Mr. Alwyne''s playing of De-
bussey was exquisite. In the work of
l.iszt. the dialogue between Saint Fran-
cis and the birds was charmingly real-
istic, the twittering and flattering of the
birds on the high register of the piano
lieing answered by the deeper voice of
Saint Francis which works up to a
beautiful chorale, played with strength
and dignity and contrasting with the
lightness of the dialogue.
Mr. Saslawsky ended the programme
with a group of songs, the loveliest of
which were the two French ones^Jt*
nim and Mr. Alwyne. and also'to The"
tiro other artists we are much indebted
-. CONTINUED. ON PAGE 6
WILLA CATHER ON "THE
NOVEL"
Miss Willa Cather will speak on
"The Novel" at the Ann Sheble
Memorial Lecture on Thursday
evening. January l.'l, at eight
o'clock in Taylor.
Her latest novel. The Profes-
sor's House, -was published in
l !>�.�:,. She published her first
novel. April Twilights, in 1903.
In all. she is the author of eleven
novels, among the best known.of
which are One of Ours, the Pulit-
zer prize novel of 1922, and The
Lest Lady. Miss Cather started
her literary career as a member
of the staff of the Pittsburgh
Daily Lender. From 1906 nntil
1013 she was an associate editor
of McCIure's Magazine.
MYSTERY MAN
PRESERVES SILENCE
Strange Resemblance Be-
tween Coolidge and Spokes-
man Noted. 0
HAS VERMONT ACCENT
Who is the White House
PREFER PARNASSUS
TO PROSAIC PAOLI
W. P. Eaton Advocates Great
Open Spaces as Aid �
to "Lantern."
FINDS VERSE TORTURED
I sit. with the December "Lantern" on
my desk, and wonder why I was per-
suaded into reviewing it. It seems to
have so little connection with me, to be
so much the expression of a life I do
not know�for I never attended a wom-
an's college. Even if I had. would I
know any better? "Three on the Cam-
pus" makes me doubt it. There seems
to l>e no bridge across the sunderini;
ilood between '07 and '27. This sketch
has interested me more than anything
else in the * magazine, however. Its at-
titude appears as fresh and honest as its
technique is bewildered. (Of course, I
may be all wrong about the technique.
It "may possess the technique of "Ulysses."
though to me it seems to have none at
ajl.) And I wonder, if three Har.vard
elders should go back and live a week in
the Y'ard, whether their presence would
create so much resentment, or result in
so few sympathetic contacts? Of course,
fathers are afraid of their sons, and
mothers are never afraid of their daugh-
ters; that may explain much. But sons,
too. have come a shorter distance along
the road since 1907 than daughters have
�because they started far out front.
Probably now, however, they are in the
rear. The girls went past about 1924,
and will probably stay there, if they can
learn to give up singing college songs,
and naming automobiles.
"When Hounds Go By." of course, is
an excellent piece of description, clear.
CONTINUED <>N PAOI �
WHAT ARE WOMEN AND
SONG WITHOUT WINE?
Sophomores Stage Volsteadian
Montmartre.
If the gatherings of the true Apaches
in their smoky dens under the embank-
ments of the Seine surpass in wickedness
'he Sophomore dance in the gym last
Saturday night, they cannot equal'it in
gaiety. Apache costumes, if they d<> not
rvake for personal beauty, offer infinite
varieties of lurid color, and unlimited
possibilities of motion. So although the
antique bottles scattered gracefully on
tables were empty of all save suggestion,
the dancers tossed themselves aboiir^with
almost alcoholic violence, and even the
French posters on the wall and the long
crepe paper streamers above swayed
drunkenly back and forth.
For once the gym did not look like the
gym. Atmosphere hung thick under the
low ceiling. In one corner crowds wit-
nessed a tavern brawl; in another loaded
dice clattered on the floor; innocent
Mimi. clinging to the arm of her Albert,
gazed wide-eyed at the antics of Kiki;
and the absinthe addict with death in his
hollow eyes, reeled out the last measure
on the edge of the grave; while over all
the heavy scent of perfume and paint
stirred the most stolid soul with Gallic
madness. To look devilish was the
�crTfefioii m*7uCT�mm, -,ni never has pres-
entation been more convincing.
CONTINUED ON PAOI 4
spokes-
man.' Who appointed him? Haven't
these question* ever perplexed you.-as
well as Senator Reed, when you read
your morning paper? Haven't you
ever wondered what the Voice of
Coolidge looks like in the flesh ?
Well, I have seen the Voice of
Coolidge. I -have heard the Silence
of Coolidge. addressing the Washing-
ton correspondents in the bi-weekly
audience the spokesman grants them,
When we all shuffled into the round
green room I was overcome by sur-
prise. "Isn't it extraordinary." I said
to my sponsor, "how much the spokes-
man looks like Coolidge?"
"Y�8," he replied, "many people
have remarked that. Perhaps it is the
constant association which makes
them resemble each other."
It really was amazing, for if I had
not been told beforehand, I should
never have believed that the figure
which stood behind a great desk and
waited for the class to assemble was
not Coolidge himself. At any rate,
the President seems to value his Voice
very highly; there was a secret serv-
ice man standing by the desk and look-
ing as if he expected us to kidnap the
spokesman.. You have to admit, it
would be very embarrassing for a
President to lose his Voice. I won-
dered if Coolidge sent that gilt Twis-
tum toy on the desk as a Christmas
gift to his Voice, as Alice used to send
letters to her left foot.
More curious still, when the spokes-
man began.trit was with a Vermont
accent. "This is carrying servility too
far." I said to my friend. He smiled.
'Not so many years ago the White
House spokesman had an Ohio ac-
cent."' he said,- quietly.
CONTINIKD OH PAOI 2
MIDNIGHT BLAZE NETS LOSS
OF $45,000 IN PAINT SHOP
THE NEXT TO THE LAST!
T'-i. is the next to the last mis-
spelled word contest! Don't miss
this chance for a prize.
f The winners of the last compe-
tition are E. Morgan, '2S;^E.
Baxter, '.10. and M. Bunch. ':t0.
The rules are on another page
of this issue.
Cash prizes to winners:
, First prize ........$�; (m
Second prize......11.00
There are a number of mis-
spelled words in the advertise-
ments throughout this issue of
the Coi.i.kck N'kus. Here are the
rules to be followed in compel-
ing for the prizes:
I. On a sheet of paper write:
1. The names of the advertis-
ers in whose advertisements
you find the misspelled
words.
2. The misspelled \Cords.
::. Correct versions <>t the mis-
spelled words.
2 Give yoor answers to M. Gail-
laid. Pembroke West, by six
1'. M. Monday. January 17.
The names of the prize-win-
ners will appear in the next issue
of the News. Every subscriber
to the N'kus is eligible for this
contest.
Board members are ineligible.
li
"PLATO PRECEDED
ME," SAYS DURANT
Excludes Jesus and Spinoza
from List of Ten Greatest
Thinkers.
VOLTAIRE A LINCOLN
ART CLUB CRISIS PASSED
First Time Bryn Mawr Students Have
Run and Financed a Class.
Specially contributed by \ ina Perm,
president of the Art Club.
A crisis in the development of the Art
Club has just been passed. The clas*
met on Saturday morning, January 8,
on the to]> door of Taylor Hall among
the uprooted desks of the studio. .Mr.
Young and the officers of the Art Club
felt that the time had come for the
members to make a definite decision. On
what basis should the class continue, if
at all? It seems that the art enthusiasts
ave not realized their full responsibili-
ties. To be merely a member and pas-
dues is not enough.
It was voted that those who felt they
could not share the burden implied in
pledging themselves to "Stick" by" the
club were asked to resign. Only two of
those present withdrew their names, not
because they were out of sympathy, but
liccause they were unable* to attend the
classes. The rest agreed unanimously to
continue next semester and establish the
basis for a permanent class.
To do this, a committee consisting of
Helen Tuttle. '28; Isabella Hopkinson.
"80, and Nine Perera. '28, were chosen
to form a constitution to be presented to"
the class for approval on W'ednesday.
February 2. at 7.30 in Room F, Taylor.
Movement to Endow Department
The Publicity Committee will meet
soon. Incidentally, if any students hap-
pen to be personally acquainted with
editors, communicate with N. Peren.
since their influence might be invaluable.
A struggle is impending, for the endow-
ing of a department is no small.item.
However, there is something unique in
our position, and perhaps the public will
be interested in our enthusiastic project.
For the first time at Bryn Mawr. we art
actually running a class and finadcingl.j*ij^��se
ourselves.
CONTINUED ON THE SIXTH PAOE
Jesus, Buddha and Spinoza were
.Miiong the great figures left out of the
category of the Ten Greatest Thinkers,
which Mr. Will Durant, author of The
Story of Philosophy, expounded in Tay-
lor last Friday night, under the auspices
of the Speakers' Bureau.
For Mr. Durant set himself the cri-
terion of the men who through their
thinking, not through their actions, emo-
tional appeal, have had the greatest in-
lluence on humanity.
Confucius First Great Philosopher.
Confucius was the first, not because
he was the founder of a religion, but
because be was a moral philosopher
preaching a system of ethics. He taught
the Chinese to use their intelligence as
a first step towards attaining world
peace�it was only an accident that a
religion grew out of his teaching.
"Wedding truth and beauty, as they
have never been married l>efore or since.
for beauty is rarely truthful"-�Plato
dominated the mind of Europe for 2000
years. It is curious that only the took*
of Plato which he intended for the peo-
ple, his efforts at popularizing philos-
ophy, remain. "In this. Plato was my
predecessor,1' declared .Mr. Durant.
Aristotle Dominated Middle Ages.
Aristotle's case was exacUy the oppo-
site�only his technical books, his notes
for lectures, have survived, and even
then we know of ninety-nine books of
his. His systems of thinking dominated
medieval philosophy. .
Rome produced no original thinker's,
so the next man admitted to Mr. Du-
rant's group was Thomas Aquinas, whom
Iv accepted "under protest," l>ecause.
while he recognized that Aquinas has a
tremendous influence, he felt that most
of his philosophy was wrong. He is
still the philosopher de rigueur of
Catholicism, and his books embalmed a
whole millennium of human thought.
Modernity Begins With Copernicus.
Copernicus, a voice out of Poland,
produced the greatest revolution in all
human thought by proving that the
earth, which Aquinas held to be God's
footstool, is only a drop of mud ih the
M~Wnity began with him.
for man was left to his own resources
Bryn Mawr Firemen Risk
Lives Amid Fumes and
Flaring Flames.
STRONG WIND DANGER
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(Specially contributed by h'rederico de
Laguna. 1927.)
Less than ten hours after the college
closed for the Christmas vacation, there
broke out the first terrible fire on the
campus since the davs of the now legend- ,
ary Denbigh blaze. The long, one and a
half-story building back of the varsity
tennis courts, which contained the college
paint, carpentry and upholstery shops,
was wrecked bj flames which raged from
about !�.::o until well after midnight. The
lire was not discovered, however, until
16 o'clock, when the whole northend of
the building, the paint shop, was blazing
to the skies. Mr. J. Foley. superintendent
of building, first noticed a disturbance in
the electric lights, and in going out of his
house to report it to the Power House,
caught sight of the flames, and sent in
an alarm to the B. If, Fire Station. At
the same time. Joseph Graham, a night
watchman at Taylor Hall, discovered the
fire, and a second alarm was given by
Eugene Sullivan. While the college siren
l/Atrieked a belated warning, your cor-
respondent and most of the college
faculty were running to the scene, think-
ing that Low Buildings was on fire.
Great relief was experienced when it was
discovered that this was not the case. Al-
ready the flames were shooting from the
windows and from an enormous hole
in the roof, and were spreading rapidly
to the tops of the pine trees nearby. A
strong wind was blowing towards the
college garage which stands only a few
yards away.
Laurels Go to Fire Department.
Too great praise cannot be given to the
Bryn Mawr Fire Department. This squad
of volunteer and unpaid men. under the
able direction of hire Chief Albert Par-
sons, broke all records in reaching the
spot. The alarm was given at 10.05,
CONTINUED ON PAGE 4
KNULLEN VOYDE MAKES
, BEAU GESTE AT LAST
Prominent
Proposes
CONTINUED ON THE SIXTH PAUK
Princetonlan
Peace.
To -the F.ditor,
Bryn Mawr College News,
. Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.
Dear Madam:
Through a curious piece of ill-for-
tune, and I was never the kind to keep
cool with Calumny, I am in receipt of
a third-hand rumor that copies of my
child: A Book of Lamplight, were re-
ceived, sold, and proceeds devoted to the
building of a Bryn Mawr Summer
School. Madam, this is an outrage
against my better nature and my intelli-
gence. While it has always l>een a ques-
tion in my mind whether Bryn Mawr
girls should be allowed to go to college
at all, I am positive that they should be
kept out of Summer School.
The vandalism committed against my
profit is quite another thing. Of course,
you realize that we eminent authors,
trom Voyde all the way down to Vol-
taire, work for infamy, not for gain;
that our relations with the publisher are
organized on a financial margin about as
wide as a shoestring.
My book in Princeton was energet-
ically advertised. It was "the child of a
I rain of a child;" "the aristocrat among
Christmas presents, the Christmas pres-
ent ajnong aristocrats;" it was "like a
toothbrush, there should be at least one
in every family." Kven a "one-armed
telegrapher with the itch wasn't too busy
(0 read it." And when a young lady,
OB seeing an advance copy of my book,
exclaimed "How unique!" the author re-
plied indignantly: "Madam! I never
nigued in my life."
However, a profit ;i r�tjiiyjj']..... honor
savc in its own country.* At Princeton,
CONTINUED ox PAOI 4

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College News
VOL. XIII. No. 12.
BRYN MAWR (AND WAYNE). PA.. WEpNESDAY. JANUARY 12,1927
Prficl
10 CENTS
MILWAUKEE TREATS
MODERN PROBLEMS
Majority Favors Equality bi
Races, Supports Wars, but
Denies Capitalism. .
CYNICISM v IS VICIOUS
Seven hundred colleges and universi-
ties and fifty nationalities were repre-
sented at the N'ational Student Confer-
ence held in Milwaukee from December
28 to January 1. These four and one-
half days were the result of two years
planning on the part of the joint council
of the Y. M. and Y. W. C. A. and were
as full of interest and information as
they could possibly be The speakers,
men of national and international renown
�combined to make this conference one of
the most significant of its kind.
The theme for the entire time was
"What Resources lias Jesus for Life ;n
Our World." a subject which was devel-
oped from day to day by concentrating
on one particular phase or "Cycle."
" Modern Conditions Obstacles |o Faith.
The first Cycle was "Can God be V
oth for the composition itself and the
artist's touch and interpretation. The
German songs were all beautiful, but
Mr. Saslawsky was in his element when
lie sang five Russian FoTk Songs, each
one expressive of a different character-
istic Russian nyjod. The quiet beauty of
the Prayer:
"Give. me. O Lord, of thy blessings,
for I am yonng and fair; let my vibrant
voice rise to the hazy dome of the sky;
let it ring over the dewy soil and reach
all human 'kind.""
and the humorou6 merriment of the
"Merry Danube" were sung with a
genius for interpreting the Russian ex-
tremes of feeling. The same spirit and
brilliancy characterized the playing of
Mrs. Saslawsky, Mr. Stopak, and Mr.
Borodkin. Mr. Alwyne''s playing of De-
bussey was exquisite. In the work of
l.iszt. the dialogue between Saint Fran-
cis and the birds was charmingly real-
istic, the twittering and flattering of the
birds on the high register of the piano
lieing answered by the deeper voice of
Saint Francis which works up to a
beautiful chorale, played with strength
and dignity and contrasting with the
lightness of the dialogue.
Mr. Saslawsky ended the programme
with a group of songs, the loveliest of
which were the two French ones^Jt*
nim and Mr. Alwyne. and also'to The"
tiro other artists we are much indebted
-. CONTINUED. ON PAGE 6
WILLA CATHER ON "THE
NOVEL"
Miss Willa Cather will speak on
"The Novel" at the Ann Sheble
Memorial Lecture on Thursday
evening. January l.'l, at eight
o'clock in Taylor.
Her latest novel. The Profes-
sor's House, -was published in
l !>�.�:,. She published her first
novel. April Twilights, in 1903.
In all. she is the author of eleven
novels, among the best known.of
which are One of Ours, the Pulit-
zer prize novel of 1922, and The
Lest Lady. Miss Cather started
her literary career as a member
of the staff of the Pittsburgh
Daily Lender. From 1906 nntil
1013 she was an associate editor
of McCIure's Magazine.
MYSTERY MAN
PRESERVES SILENCE
Strange Resemblance Be-
tween Coolidge and Spokes-
man Noted. 0
HAS VERMONT ACCENT
Who is the White House
PREFER PARNASSUS
TO PROSAIC PAOLI
W. P. Eaton Advocates Great
Open Spaces as Aid �
to "Lantern."
FINDS VERSE TORTURED
I sit. with the December "Lantern" on
my desk, and wonder why I was per-
suaded into reviewing it. It seems to
have so little connection with me, to be
so much the expression of a life I do
not know�for I never attended a wom-
an's college. Even if I had. would I
know any better? "Three on the Cam-
pus" makes me doubt it. There seems
to l>e no bridge across the sunderini;
ilood between '07 and '27. This sketch
has interested me more than anything
else in the * magazine, however. Its at-
titude appears as fresh and honest as its
technique is bewildered. (Of course, I
may be all wrong about the technique.
It "may possess the technique of "Ulysses."
though to me it seems to have none at
ajl.) And I wonder, if three Har.vard
elders should go back and live a week in
the Y'ard, whether their presence would
create so much resentment, or result in
so few sympathetic contacts? Of course,
fathers are afraid of their sons, and
mothers are never afraid of their daugh-
ters; that may explain much. But sons,
too. have come a shorter distance along
the road since 1907 than daughters have
�because they started far out front.
Probably now, however, they are in the
rear. The girls went past about 1924,
and will probably stay there, if they can
learn to give up singing college songs,
and naming automobiles.
"When Hounds Go By." of course, is
an excellent piece of description, clear.
CONTINUED <>N PAOI �
WHAT ARE WOMEN AND
SONG WITHOUT WINE?
Sophomores Stage Volsteadian
Montmartre.
If the gatherings of the true Apaches
in their smoky dens under the embank-
ments of the Seine surpass in wickedness
'he Sophomore dance in the gym last
Saturday night, they cannot equal'it in
gaiety. Apache costumes, if they d<> not
rvake for personal beauty, offer infinite
varieties of lurid color, and unlimited
possibilities of motion. So although the
antique bottles scattered gracefully on
tables were empty of all save suggestion,
the dancers tossed themselves aboiir^with
almost alcoholic violence, and even the
French posters on the wall and the long
crepe paper streamers above swayed
drunkenly back and forth.
For once the gym did not look like the
gym. Atmosphere hung thick under the
low ceiling. In one corner crowds wit-
nessed a tavern brawl; in another loaded
dice clattered on the floor; innocent
Mimi. clinging to the arm of her Albert,
gazed wide-eyed at the antics of Kiki;
and the absinthe addict with death in his
hollow eyes, reeled out the last measure
on the edge of the grave; while over all
the heavy scent of perfume and paint
stirred the most stolid soul with Gallic
madness. To look devilish was the
�crTfefioii m*7uCT�mm, -,ni never has pres-
entation been more convincing.
CONTINUED ON PAOI 4
spokes-
man.' Who appointed him? Haven't
these question* ever perplexed you.-as
well as Senator Reed, when you read
your morning paper? Haven't you
ever wondered what the Voice of
Coolidge looks like in the flesh ?
Well, I have seen the Voice of
Coolidge. I -have heard the Silence
of Coolidge. addressing the Washing-
ton correspondents in the bi-weekly
audience the spokesman grants them,
When we all shuffled into the round
green room I was overcome by sur-
prise. "Isn't it extraordinary." I said
to my sponsor, "how much the spokes-
man looks like Coolidge?"
"Y�8," he replied, "many people
have remarked that. Perhaps it is the
constant association which makes
them resemble each other."
It really was amazing, for if I had
not been told beforehand, I should
never have believed that the figure
which stood behind a great desk and
waited for the class to assemble was
not Coolidge himself. At any rate,
the President seems to value his Voice
very highly; there was a secret serv-
ice man standing by the desk and look-
ing as if he expected us to kidnap the
spokesman.. You have to admit, it
would be very embarrassing for a
President to lose his Voice. I won-
dered if Coolidge sent that gilt Twis-
tum toy on the desk as a Christmas
gift to his Voice, as Alice used to send
letters to her left foot.
More curious still, when the spokes-
man began.trit was with a Vermont
accent. "This is carrying servility too
far." I said to my friend. He smiled.
'Not so many years ago the White
House spokesman had an Ohio ac-
cent."' he said,- quietly.
CONTINIKD OH PAOI 2
MIDNIGHT BLAZE NETS LOSS
OF $45,000 IN PAINT SHOP
THE NEXT TO THE LAST!
T'-i. is the next to the last mis-
spelled word contest! Don't miss
this chance for a prize.
f The winners of the last compe-
tition are E. Morgan, '2S;^E.
Baxter, '.10. and M. Bunch. ':t0.
The rules are on another page
of this issue.
Cash prizes to winners:
, First prize ........$�; (m
Second prize......11.00
There are a number of mis-
spelled words in the advertise-
ments throughout this issue of
the Coi.i.kck N'kus. Here are the
rules to be followed in compel-
ing for the prizes:
I. On a sheet of paper write:
1. The names of the advertis-
ers in whose advertisements
you find the misspelled
words.
2. The misspelled \Cords.
::. Correct versions <>t the mis-
spelled words.
2 Give yoor answers to M. Gail-
laid. Pembroke West, by six
1'. M. Monday. January 17.
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of the News. Every subscriber
to the N'kus is eligible for this
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Board members are ineligible.
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"PLATO PRECEDED
ME," SAYS DURANT
Excludes Jesus and Spinoza
from List of Ten Greatest
Thinkers.
VOLTAIRE A LINCOLN
ART CLUB CRISIS PASSED
First Time Bryn Mawr Students Have
Run and Financed a Class.
Specially contributed by \ ina Perm,
president of the Art Club.
A crisis in the development of the Art
Club has just been passed. The clas*
met on Saturday morning, January 8,
on the to]> door of Taylor Hall among
the uprooted desks of the studio. .Mr.
Young and the officers of the Art Club
felt that the time had come for the
members to make a definite decision. On
what basis should the class continue, if
at all? It seems that the art enthusiasts
ave not realized their full responsibili-
ties. To be merely a member and pas-
dues is not enough.
It was voted that those who felt they
could not share the burden implied in
pledging themselves to "Stick" by" the
club were asked to resign. Only two of
those present withdrew their names, not
because they were out of sympathy, but
liccause they were unable* to attend the
classes. The rest agreed unanimously to
continue next semester and establish the
basis for a permanent class.
To do this, a committee consisting of
Helen Tuttle. '28; Isabella Hopkinson.
"80, and Nine Perera. '28, were chosen
to form a constitution to be presented to"
the class for approval on W'ednesday.
February 2. at 7.30 in Room F, Taylor.
Movement to Endow Department
The Publicity Committee will meet
soon. Incidentally, if any students hap-
pen to be personally acquainted with
editors, communicate with N. Peren.
since their influence might be invaluable.
A struggle is impending, for the endow-
ing of a department is no small.item.
However, there is something unique in
our position, and perhaps the public will
be interested in our enthusiastic project.
For the first time at Bryn Mawr. we art
actually running a class and finadcingl.j*ij^��se
ourselves.
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Jesus, Buddha and Spinoza were
.Miiong the great figures left out of the
category of the Ten Greatest Thinkers,
which Mr. Will Durant, author of The
Story of Philosophy, expounded in Tay-
lor last Friday night, under the auspices
of the Speakers' Bureau.
For Mr. Durant set himself the cri-
terion of the men who through their
thinking, not through their actions, emo-
tional appeal, have had the greatest in-
lluence on humanity.
Confucius First Great Philosopher.
Confucius was the first, not because
he was the founder of a religion, but
because be was a moral philosopher
preaching a system of ethics. He taught
the Chinese to use their intelligence as
a first step towards attaining world
peace�it was only an accident that a
religion grew out of his teaching.
"Wedding truth and beauty, as they
have never been married l>efore or since.
for beauty is rarely truthful"-�Plato
dominated the mind of Europe for 2000
years. It is curious that only the took*
of Plato which he intended for the peo-
ple, his efforts at popularizing philos-
ophy, remain. "In this. Plato was my
predecessor,1' declared .Mr. Durant.
Aristotle Dominated Middle Ages.
Aristotle's case was exacUy the oppo-
site�only his technical books, his notes
for lectures, have survived, and even
then we know of ninety-nine books of
his. His systems of thinking dominated
medieval philosophy. .
Rome produced no original thinker's,
so the next man admitted to Mr. Du-
rant's group was Thomas Aquinas, whom
Iv accepted "under protest," l>ecause.
while he recognized that Aquinas has a
tremendous influence, he felt that most
of his philosophy was wrong. He is
still the philosopher de rigueur of
Catholicism, and his books embalmed a
whole millennium of human thought.
Modernity Begins With Copernicus.
Copernicus, a voice out of Poland,
produced the greatest revolution in all
human thought by proving that the
earth, which Aquinas held to be God's
footstool, is only a drop of mud ih the
M~Wnity began with him.
for man was left to his own resources
Bryn Mawr Firemen Risk
Lives Amid Fumes and
Flaring Flames.
STRONG WIND DANGER
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(Specially contributed by h'rederico de
Laguna. 1927.)
Less than ten hours after the college
closed for the Christmas vacation, there
broke out the first terrible fire on the
campus since the davs of the now legend- ,
ary Denbigh blaze. The long, one and a
half-story building back of the varsity
tennis courts, which contained the college
paint, carpentry and upholstery shops,
was wrecked bj flames which raged from
about !�.::o until well after midnight. The
lire was not discovered, however, until
16 o'clock, when the whole northend of
the building, the paint shop, was blazing
to the skies. Mr. J. Foley. superintendent
of building, first noticed a disturbance in
the electric lights, and in going out of his
house to report it to the Power House,
caught sight of the flames, and sent in
an alarm to the B. If, Fire Station. At
the same time. Joseph Graham, a night
watchman at Taylor Hall, discovered the
fire, and a second alarm was given by
Eugene Sullivan. While the college siren
l/Atrieked a belated warning, your cor-
respondent and most of the college
faculty were running to the scene, think-
ing that Low Buildings was on fire.
Great relief was experienced when it was
discovered that this was not the case. Al-
ready the flames were shooting from the
windows and from an enormous hole
in the roof, and were spreading rapidly
to the tops of the pine trees nearby. A
strong wind was blowing towards the
college garage which stands only a few
yards away.
Laurels Go to Fire Department.
Too great praise cannot be given to the
Bryn Mawr Fire Department. This squad
of volunteer and unpaid men. under the
able direction of hire Chief Albert Par-
sons, broke all records in reaching the
spot. The alarm was given at 10.05,
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KNULLEN VOYDE MAKES
, BEAU GESTE AT LAST
Prominent
Proposes
CONTINUED ON THE SIXTH PAUK
Princetonlan
Peace.
To -the F.ditor,
Bryn Mawr College News,
. Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.
Dear Madam:
Through a curious piece of ill-for-
tune, and I was never the kind to keep
cool with Calumny, I am in receipt of
a third-hand rumor that copies of my
child: A Book of Lamplight, were re-
ceived, sold, and proceeds devoted to the
building of a Bryn Mawr Summer
School. Madam, this is an outrage
against my better nature and my intelli-
gence. While it has always l>een a ques-
tion in my mind whether Bryn Mawr
girls should be allowed to go to college
at all, I am positive that they should be
kept out of Summer School.
The vandalism committed against my
profit is quite another thing. Of course,
you realize that we eminent authors,
trom Voyde all the way down to Vol-
taire, work for infamy, not for gain;
that our relations with the publisher are
organized on a financial margin about as
wide as a shoestring.
My book in Princeton was energet-
ically advertised. It was "the child of a
I rain of a child;" "the aristocrat among
Christmas presents, the Christmas pres-
ent ajnong aristocrats;" it was "like a
toothbrush, there should be at least one
in every family." Kven a "one-armed
telegrapher with the itch wasn't too busy
(0 read it." And when a young lady,
OB seeing an advance copy of my book,
exclaimed "How unique!" the author re-
plied indignantly: "Madam! I never
nigued in my life."
However, a profit ;i r�tjiiyjj']..... honor
savc in its own country.* At Princeton,
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